LSAT 1-1-13

uajasmine

13. Top college graduates are having more difficulty demonstrating their superiority to prospective employers than did the top students of twenty years ago when an honors degree was distinction enough. Today’s employers are less impressed with the honors degree. Twenty years ago no more than 10 percent of a given class graduated with honors. Today, however, because of grade inflation, the honors degree goes to more than 50 percent of a graduating class, Therefore, to restore confidence in the degrees they award, colleges must take steps to control grade inflation.

Which one of the following is an assumption that, if true, would support the conclusion in the passage?

(A) Today’s students are not higher achievers than the students of twenty years ago.

(B) Awarding too many honors degrees causes colleges to inflate grades.

(C) Today’s employers rely on honors ranking in making their hiring decisions.

(D) It is not easy for students with low grades to obtain jobs.

(E) Colleges must make employers aware of the criteria used to determine who receives an honors degree.

WHY A? TKS!!

BiteGmat

对A取非， Today’s students are higher achievers than the students of twenty years ago

那么从10％到50％那就是应该的了，也就不存在grade inflation的问题了

A指明了一个潜在假设：水平没提高，奖状却滥发，所以奖状就不值钱了

不知道理解的对不对啊

sensornet

首先，同意你这个潜在假设，但不是A里面提到的，原文应该就暗示出这个假设。

其次，个人看法，对选项取非会让本来已经一团浆糊的大脑更加糊浆。原文最后一句话已经说这是个grade inflation问题。那就是说，发奖的条件降低了。那么，没有取得很多成就的学生也能得奖。所以说，A对。

最后说一点，这道题好像在 费费-135里面有。